Server Crash: swap_dup: Bad swap file entry 8020202020202020

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Issue

  • System crashed with the error in the logs:
    Sep 10 00:17:22 hostname1 kernel: swap_dup: Bad swap file entry 8020202020202020
    Sep 10 00:17:32 hostname1 kernel: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#9 stuck for 10s! [traceroute:21988]
    Sep 10 00:17:32 hostname1 kernel: CPU 9:
    Sep 10 00:17:32 hostname1 kernel: Modules linked in: ipmi_si(U) ipmi_devintf(U) ipmi_msghandler(U) vtune_drv(U) oracleasm(U) autofs4 hpilo nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl sunrpc bonding emcpdm(PU) emcpgpx(PU) emcpmpx(PU) emcp(PU) dm_mirror dm_log dm_multipath scsi_dh dm_mod video hwmon backlight sbs i2c_ec i2c_core button battery asus_acpi acpi_memhotplug ac hangcheck_timer parport_pc lp parport tg3 e1000e libphy bnx2 shpchp serio_raw sg pcspkr mptctl mptbase usb_storage lpfc scsi_transport_fc cciss sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd
    Sep 10 00:17:32 hostname1 kernel: Pid: 21988, comm: traceroute Tainted: P      2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 #1
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80064cb7>]  [<ffffffff80064cb7>] .text.lock.spinlock+0x5/0x30
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff8102a4125950  EFLAGS: 00000286
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: RAX: ffff810000000000 RBX: 2020202020202020 RCX: ffff810009000098
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: RDX: ffff810100000000 RSI: 000000000009ec00 RDI: ffff8101022ba010
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: RBP: ffff810154b2f2c0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000046
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000066 R12: ffff810135beda58
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: R13: 00000010000200d2 R14: ffffffff8000f10b R15: ffff810782426818
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: FS:  00002b8f0533e7c0(0000) GS:ffff810154b2f1c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: CR2: 000000001ec652e6 CR3: 0000000fe9280000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: 
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel: Call Trace:
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff800090bc>] __handle_mm_fault+0xa51/0xe5c
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80066b9a>] do_page_fault+0x4cb/0x830
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff80063097>] thread_return+0x62/0xfe
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8005dde9>] error_exit+0x0/0x84
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8024a7e3>] udp_poll+0x0/0xf3
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8002f452>] do_sys_poll+0x2b4/0x35e
    Sep 10 00:17:33 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8002f356>] do_sys_poll+0x1b8/0x35e
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8001e632>] __pollwait+0x0/0xe2
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8008a4b7>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 last message repeated 9 times
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8021512a>] sys_connect+0x7e/0xae
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff800b46af>] audit_syscall_entry+0x16e/0x1a1
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8004be65>] sys_poll+0x2d/0x34
    Sep 10 00:17:34 hostname1 kernel:  [<ffffffff8005d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0xe0

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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